Rainbow MP Soap Recipe

Sometimes our inspirations come from the simplest things. Well, over the past few weeks I have been testing, creating videos, and packaging cold process soaps using Natures Garden’s FUN Soap Colorants. Once they were packaged and labeled, I took them to Shannon to display in the store. We carry 21 of these colorants and I tested each soap colorant using five different amounts. So, this meant that we had over 100 soaps to display. Shannon decided to display them on a round, tiered display in our store, see the display here. When I saw how she displayed them, I was immediately inspired to create a variety of rainbow themed recipes that will go on the bottom tier of her display. So, below, you will find my Rainbow MP Soap Recipe, the second of several recipes we will be creating inspired by this display.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: The Ingredients You Will Need From Natures Garden

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Other Things You Will Need

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Preparing Your Soap

First, I prepared all of my soap. This means weighing out and cutting up all of the soap for each of the seven layers. You will need your scale, mixing bowls, and clear melt and pour soap. Now, in each of your seven mixing bowls, weigh out and cut up 130 grams of Natures Garden’s Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Purple Soap Layer

Now, you will need one of your bowls of clear melt and pour soap. You will also need the deep purple FUN Soap Colorant, fragrance oil, and Vanilla White. Finally, you will need your 4 loaf mold, and your bottle of rubbing alcohol.

So, place your mixing bowl in the microwave for about 30 seconds. If you notice that the soap has not completely melted, you may need about 10 more seconds. This will all just depend on your microwave. Once your soap has melted, add 4 drops of the purple soap colorant. Then, add 6 grams of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil and 6 grams of the Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. Use a mixing spoon to blend the ingredients. Finally, pour your melted purple soap into the loaf mold. Spray the melted soap with rubbing alcohol to release the air bubbles. Allow the purple soap to setup completely before moving on.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Blue Soap Layer

Next, we will be preparing a blue layer of soap. So, you will, once again, need one of your bowls of weighed out soap, your fragrance oil, and Vanilla White. In addition, you will need the ultramarine blue soap colorant and your soap mold. At this time, also get your Angel Wings fragrance oil and Vanilla White Color Stabilizer ready.

So, place your next bowl of melt and pour soap in the microwave. Heat the soap for about 30 seconds, or until it is melted. Once your soap has melted, add 3 drops of the ultramarine blue FUN Soap Colorant. Also, add 6 grams of Vanilla White and 6 grams of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil. Mix the soap base to incorporate the ingredients. Now, spray your previous purple layer with rubbing alcohol and pour the blue melted soap right on top of the purple soap. Lastly, spray the blue layer with rubbing alcohol and let this layer setup. Rubbing alcohol will not only help layers of soap adhere to each other, it also helps release air bubbles.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Dark Green Soap Layer

Next, we will prepare our Kelly green soap. So, once again, you will need one of your bowls of soap. This time, you will need the Kelly green FUN Soap Colorant. Also, your fragrance oil, color stabilizer, rubbing alcohol, and soap mold should be in front of you.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Lime Green Soap Layer

This time we will be preparing the lime green layer. So, once again, you will need a bowl of clear soap that you weighed out earlier. You will also need the Angel Wings scent and color stabilizer. You will also need your silicone soap mold and bottle of rubbing alcohol.

Now, melt your soap base using your microwave. Once you have melted your soap, you will need to add color and scent. So, add 3 drops of lime green soap colorant. In addition, add 6 grams of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil and 6 grams of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. Slowly, stir melted soap with your spoon to completely mix the ingredients together. Next, spray your Kelly green soap with rubbing alcohol so that the lime green layer will adhere to the lime green layer. Finally, pour the lime green soap directly on top of the Kelly green soap. Once again, spray the soap with rubbing alcohol to release any air bubbles that have formed. Once you spray your soap, allow it to harden completely before moving on.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Orange Soap Layer

Now, we will prepare our orange layer of soap. For this layer, we will use Natures Garden’s Eye Poke Orange FUN Soap Colorant. So, you will need this colorant along with another bowl of soap base you weighed out earlier. In addition, you will need your Angel Wings Fragrance Oil and Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. Also, place your mold in front of you and you rubbing alcohol close.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Jailhouse Red Soap Layer

Next, we will be preparing a layer using Natures Garden’s Jailhouse Red soap color. So, you will need the Jailhouse Red FUN Soap Colorant. Additionally, you will need another bowl of soap, the scent, and stabilizer. Finally, you will need your bottle of rubbing alcohol and soap in the mold.

So, place your bowl in your microwave and melt your soap base. Then, melt the soap. Once your soap is melted, add 3 drops of the red soap colorant. Also, add 6 grams of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil along with 6 grams of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. Now, mix to blend the ingredients completely. At this time spray your orange layer with rubbing alcohol. Finally, pour your red layer right on top of the orange layer and spray, once again, with rubbing alcohol. Allow your soap to setup before moving to your next layer.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Rainbows

Now, we will prepare the rainbows that will top our soap. This will be done using melt and pour soap and vegetable glycerin. We will pour the soap into the remaining 2 cavities of the loaf soap mold and allow it to setup. Later, we will slice it into smaller pieces and use the smaller pieces to create our rainbows.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare The Red Layer

So, first, melt 30 grams of Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap. Then, add 3 grams of Vegetable Glycerin, 1 gram of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil, 1 gram of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer, and 1 drop of Tomato Red FUN Soap Colorant. Stir to blend the ingredients. Now, in two of the cavities of the silicone 4 loaf mold, pour the melted soap. You want to pour half the soap in one cavity, and half in the other. Allow it to setup before moving to the next color.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare The Orange Layer

Next, once again, melt 30 grams of Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap. Then, add 3 grams of Vegetable Glycerin, 1 gram of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil, 1 gram of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer, and 1 drop of Eye Poke Orange FUN Soap Colorant. Mix everything together slowly and thoroughly until everything is combined. Spray the red soap with rubbing alcohol. Then, pour the orange soap right on top, in the same manner you did before. Allow the soap to setup before you prepare the next color.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare The Green Layer

At this time, we will begin preparing the lime green layer. Melt 30 grams of Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap. Now, add 3 grams of Vegetable Glycerin, 1 gram of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil, 1 gram of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer, and 1 drop of Lime Green FUN Soap Colorant. Finally, stir to incorporate the ingredients. Spray the orange soap with rubbing alcohol. Then, pour the green soap right on top of the orange soap, pouring half in each cavity. Allow the soap to setup before you prepare the next color.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare The Blue Layer

Again, melt 30 grams of Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap. We will begin preparing the blue layer. Once your soap is melted, beginning adding 3 grams of Vegetable Glycerin, 1 gram of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil, 1 gram of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer, and 1 drop of Ultramarine Blue FUN Soap Colorant. Finally, stir to incorporate the ingredients. Spray the green soap with rubbing alcohol. Then, pour a blue layer of soap right on top of the green soap in both cavities. After spraying the soap with rubbing alcohol, allow it to setup before you prepare the next color.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare The Purple Layer

Finally, we will begin preparing the purple layer. We will melt one more layer of soap. So, melt 30 grams of Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap. Now, add 3 grams of Vegetable Glycerin, 1 gram of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil, 1 gram of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer, and 1 drop of Deep Purple FUN Soap Colorant. Finally, stir to incorporate the ingredients. Spray the blue soap with rubbing alcohol. Then, pour the purple soap right on top of the blue soap. Again, spray the soap with rubbing alcohol. Allow the soap to setup before you move on.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Cutting the Rainbows

Lastly, once the soap has setup, remove it from the mold. Then, slice it into strips. You want them to be about 3/4 inch wide and about 5 3/4 inches. So, you want to be sure you are slicing them long ways. Finally, do the same with the soap in the cavity of the mold. You will notice that due to the addition of vegetable glycerin, the soap is nice and flexible. This will allow us to bend them into a rainbow shape and later place them on top of our whipped soap. Go ahead and shape each rainbow so that you have them ready for the top of the soap.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Prepare Your Whipped Soap Base

Now, we will begin preparing our whipped soap base. The whipped soap base is meant to look like clouds in this recipe. It will also anchor our rainbows to our soap loaf. So, in a deep mixing bowl, weigh out 200 grams of the whipped soap base. Next, add 20 grams of vegetable glycerin, 20 grams of Angel Wings Fragrance Oil, and 20 grams of Vanilla White Color Stabilizer. Then, use a hand mixer to fluff the soap to a fluffy cloud-like consistency. Set this aside for a moment, we will come back to it.

In a separate mixing bowl, weigh out 200 grams of Natures Garden’s Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base. Melt the soap base using your microwave. Once the soap is melted, pour it into the bowl containing the whipped soap. Finally, mix the soap once again with your hand mixer.

Rainbow MP Soap Recipe: Topping the Soap

At this time, we will begin topping our soap loaf. Place the whipped soap on top of each loaf, covering the entire loaf. You will use half of the whipped soap on each loaf. So, when you are finished it will look like clouds on top of your soap.

Then, place the rainbows on top of the loaves. We used about 4 rainbows on each loaf.

Once your soap has finished setting up, slice your soap using your mitre box and mitre box cutter. Then, you can use your rainbow melt and pour soap right away.